1st writer writes introduction including inciting moment, character development , and setting. When done, student crumples the writing into a snowball and throws it!
2nd writer continues where first writer left off and includes climax of the story. Again crumples and throws the writing.
3rd person writes the resolution to the story and returns the writing to the original writer.
The story gets typed and peer edited over and over until the story makes sense.
Documentation & Reflection
Document: As a "Lead Learner"...
What specific shifts are you noticing in your own actions, priorities, language, questions, reflections and conversations that help shape the learning culture for which you strive?
I find that I am facilitating learning more often than leading.
Offering guiding questions and offering suggestions on how to problem solve
Offering more choice to students in general
Reflect: Documentation & Reflection
What's the relationship? What connections do you see between documentation & reflection in your own learning?
Processing and reflecting on my own helps guide future activities.
acknowledging student reflections helps guide future activities- they are sick of group work!
at what cost? Personal time planning and problem solving, class time in general though I think the benefits out weigh the loss
to what benefit? Students are EXCITED to learn and eager to complete challenges or MTRW
Design 1-2 additional opportunities for students to engage in documentation and reflection of their own learning
please post a brief description of each opportunity
add 2-3 student work samples from each opportunity
be sure to note any tweaks, modifications or iterations
Genius Hour
Students document passions and come up with a guiding question and project idea
Students keep track of research in a Google document
Students document how they feel about genius hour in teacher created survey
Middle, New England and Southern Colony Research
Students respond to whole class discussions on our class wiki page
More Documentation on colony project to come...
Questioning
This year I used Wikispaces to have students research and document the original 13 colonies. Students broke into 3 groups: Middle, New England and Southern Colonies. We discussed guiding questions and then students began research. They used their text book and online resources to gather information. They kept track of their research on group wiki pages. Some groups gathered a ton of information while others only gathered a little. Next year I would incorporate rubrics and guidelines to help structure the research. It might be helpful to do questioning as a class together to get started with initial research.
How? How often? Kids are reflecting in blog on daily activities and 5th grade in general. Documenting research for genius hour which I am also working through. Exit slips in class to assess daily lessons. Documenting daily activities on twitter page.
What? To what degree (details)? Reflect on general growth in 5th grade, reflect on daily lessons and activities.
Why bother (in what way(s) has/will your documentation support your ongoing learning)? refections will literally show growth in writing. Important to realize failures and successes. Keep track of process.
What artifacts of professional and/or student learning might you include?
What story will your documentation tell of your journey?
The most appropriate type of data for me to collect as evidence of my professional growth & learning...
(suggestions)
anecdotal records
student work samples
student reflections
teacher reflections
observations
peer/colleague feedback
"assessment" data
rubrics
other formative pieces...
surveys
counts
other...
Resources:
My learning network will include (books, articles, websites, people, other)...
My Learning Journey
Name: Linsey
Grade Level(s): 5
Discipline: general studies
This I Believe (my 3 Claims):
<upload image here>My Stretch Sketch:
<upload image here>Exploring Elements of Practice
High Jump--Snowball Writing
- Document: As a "Lead Learner"...
- What specific shifts are you noticing in your own actions, priorities, language, questions, reflections and conversations that help shape the learning culture for which you strive?
- I find that I am facilitating learning more often than leading.
- Offering guiding questions and offering suggestions on how to problem solve
- Offering more choice to students in general
- Reflect: Documentation & Reflection
- What's the relationship? What connections do you see between documentation & reflection in your own learning?
- Processing and reflecting on my own helps guide future activities.
- acknowledging student reflections helps guide future activities- they are sick of group work!
- at what cost? Personal time planning and problem solving, class time in general though I think the benefits out weigh the loss
- to what benefit? Students are EXCITED to learn and eager to complete challenges or MTRW
- Design 1-2 additional opportunities for students to engage in documentation and reflection of their own learning
- please post a brief description of each opportunity
- add 2-3 student work samples from each opportunity
- be sure to note any tweaks, modifications or iterations
- Genius Hour
Students document passions and come up with a guiding question and project idea
Students keep track of research in a Google document
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- Middle, New England and Southern Colony Research
Students respond to whole class discussions on our class wiki page
- More Documentation on colony project to come...
This year I used Wikispaces to have students research and document the original 13 colonies. Students broke into 3 groups: Middle, New England and Southern Colonies. We discussed guiding questions and then students began research. They used their text book and online resources to gather information. They kept track of their research on group wiki pages. Some groups gathered a ton of information while others only gathered a little. Next year I would incorporate rubrics and guidelines to help structure the research. It might be helpful to do questioning as a class together to get started with initial research.Documentation & Reflection
Questioning
Colony Pages
Feedback
Self-Monitoring & Assessment
Reaching Out & Pulling In
Growth: How will I know?
The most appropriate type of data for me to collect as evidence of my professional growth & learning...
(suggestions)Resources:
My learning network will include (books, articles, websites, people, other)...
Diigo<embed feed here>
Twitter: @milwaukeejds
Other...